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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:31 AM Jan 2024

Thirteen years ago, today, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot...

We had gotten to know her during her first campaign and were at her swearing in in Congress.

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Thirteen years ago, today, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot... (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2024 OP

We had rung in the New Year together and were planning to meet for dinner in D.C. two weeks later. DFW Jan 2024 #1

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1. We had rung in the New Year together and were planning to meet for dinner in D.C. two weeks later.

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Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:45 AM

Jan 2024

I got on a plane for NYC to Dallas that morning. In the taxi from the DFW airport to the house, I turned on the news and stared in disbelief. Hoping it was an error, I called some mutual friends, and they confirmed it was true.

But though she will never move or speak like she did pre-shooting, she is still there, inside. She is a medical miracle.

Eighteen months ago, at a little dinner in D.C., she looked pretty fine for someone who had been thought hopeless right after being shot:

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